Alyn Griffiths

Rafael de Cárdenas adds pool house with symmetrical slides to English country manor

December 4, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

A pair of symmetrical fibreglass slides spiral down towards the surface of the water at this pool house designed for an English country house by New York architect Rafael de Cárdenas. Rafael de Cárdenas of Architecture at Large collaborated with London architecture office Purcell to design the pool house for the owners of a mid-19th-century

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Laura Ortín adds “aesthetically disobedient” extension to beachfront home in Spain

December 3, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

This faceted extension added to a holiday residence in Spain’s Alicante region features plywood-lined interiors and a picture window angled to frame a view of a nearby watchtower. The owners of the property in the town of Torre de la Horadada commissioned architect Laura Ortín’s Murcia-based studio to design a two-storey extension for use by

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Gabled blocks overlook a koi pond at Fabian Tan’s Knikno House in Malaysia

December 3, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

A pair of perpendicular gabled structures with contrasting concrete and white-painted surfaces face onto a rear garden and pond at this house in the Malaysian city of Petaling Jaya by local architect Fabian Tan. Tan’s Kuala Lumpur-based studio designed the semi-detached Kninko House for a young family on a plot in the former satellite city

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The Vault House by OBBA incorporates hidden gardens behind curving brick walls

December 2, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Seoul studio OBBA has completed a house in South Korea’s Hadong county, featuring brick walls that wrap around small gardens to create private outdoor spaces connected to the living areas. Three brothers, who were born and raised on the rural site but now live in the city, asked OBBA to design a compact new house

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Rural Office for Architecture adds row of red gabled sheds to rural Welsh property

December 1, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Rural Office for Architecture used locally available materials and a single russet hue to ensure this cluster of service buildings and a rear extension to a smallholding in mid Wales fit in with their agrarian setting. The owners of Aeron Parc are a family of vegetable growers who purchased a site containing a Victorian house and

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DL Atelier builds museum with rammed-earth walls near China’s “porcelain capital”

November 27, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

This art museum is located on the outskirts of Jingdezhen, a city famed for its porcelain production, so architecture studio DL Atelier chose to use the local clay-heavy earth for its walls. Sanbaopeng Art Museum was designed by DL Atelier for a site in Sanbao village, on the outskirts of the so-called “porcelain capital”. It is a place where many

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Allies and Morrison challenges “identikit urbanism” with masterplan for new city in Oman

November 27, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

British firm Allies and Morrison has designed a new city for Middle Eastern country Oman, which will transform a desert valley into a 624-hectare urban centre over the next 30 years. Allies and Morrison wants to challenge “identikit urbanism” with its masterplan for Madinat Al Irfan. The aim is to create “a place that feels as if it has always

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Gai-Kodzor Winery is a concrete and glass building perched on a hilltop in Russia

November 25, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Kleinewelt Architekten has built a winery in southern Russia, featuring stark concrete walls on one side and full-height glazing on the other. Gai-Kodzor Winery is located in the Krasnodar Krai area of Russia’s North Caucasus region – the country’s most important wine-producing region, due to its continental climate. Moscow-based Kleinewelt Architekten was tasked with developing a

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Mezzo Atelier transforms century-old barn into pair of bright pink guesthouses

November 24, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Italian studio Mezzo Atelier chose a vibrant shade of pink for the walls of these guesthouses in the Azores, which are housed inside a converted stable. The Pink House is located on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago. The building was originally constructed in the early 20th century and is tucked away on a side

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Hawkins\Brown uses engineered wood to build swimming pool for City of London Freemen’s School

November 23, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture firm Hawkins\Brown used two types of engineered timber to build this swimming facility at a school in Surrey, England. Located at the City of London Freemen’s School in Ashtead, the swimming pool building boasts an exposed timber frame that incorporates windows looking out onto the surrounding woodland. Hawkins\Brown chose materials and construction methods to complement the building’s natural

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